PHOTO-A-DAY: April 2013

Juergen

Was out of action for a while and missed many good photos. Great work everybody.



D4, 70-200, TC 20 III

Finally we seem to get a glimpse of spring in Germany.

Jürgen

Coastalconn

Leaving the nest

itsnotmeyouknow

A friend's new ride: A 9 year old maserati Coupé 4.2 V8 (same engine as the Ferrari F330). Could have done with a wash, but there it is!

Nikon D800 Nikkor 24 - 70 at 1/320 ƒ/8 ISO 200 35 mm

rschnaible

@Gitzo - Thank you and glad you enjoyed it....

proudgeek

A friend's new ride: A 9 year old maserati Coupé 4.2 V8 (same engine as the Ferrari F330). Could have done with a wash, but there it is!

If he was a real friend he would have let you driven it instead of photographing it.

Amberlight2012

Botanical Gardens in full bloom

D7000 iso400 120mm, f/25, 1/200 sec

JJ_SO

Could somebody tell me about the species living in old trees? Wasps? I doubt there's much of life in it after that harsh winter, but I plan to go back to this old tree.



More of them to be found here

dissent

CitizenD

Fallen Angel ?

| D7100 | 10-200 f/4 | ISO 140 | 200mm | f/4 | 1/400 |

itsnotmeyouknow

A friend's new ride: A 9 year old maserati Coupé 4.2 V8 (same engine as the Ferrari F330). Could have done with a wash, but there it is!

If he was a real friend he would have let you driven it instead of photographing it.

I did get a ride or two in it, but only have a learner's licence, so not adviseable for me to even think about getting behind the driving seat! The engine is sweet.

DavidJaan

Fantastic captures everyone! Really amazed what PAD offers up every month and it seems to only get better and better.

Found out someone is a bit camera shy.

cbg

One from last night. Went in to Washington, DC to try and shoot some of the monuments at night. Thsi is the 3 Soldiers statue that was added to the Vietnam Memorial.

D7000, ISO 100, f/5.6, Tokina 12-24mm, 3.6 seconds,-2/3EV, tripod

rschnaible

Another long exposure, a different view of the Palace of Fine Arts

tcole1983

Benji2505

Here is one for the birders: it's the plain North American seagull in black (at least when it is backlit)

Pierre

Dredden85

@CitizenD- Where did you find that 10-200mm lens?

Gitzo

@ Coastalconn......Beautiful shot !

@ JJ_SO........I can tell you what they're not; wasps or bees of any kind; what they probably are; larvae of some kind of beetle; as for what kind......there are thousands of species of beetles; because I have a saw mill and saw a lot of logs up into lumber, I can't tell you how many different kinds of beetle larvae I see inside of logs;
certain beetles only bore into certain species of trees; some don't bore in very far, and just make "galleries" underneath the bark; a very common pest in our area is the "powder post" beetle; they make large tunnels, about 1/2 in dia. As destructive as beetles are, we're actually lucky to have them; without beetles (and their larvae), we wouldn't have any woodpeckers. ( and I love woodpeckers ! )

@ Juergen........I see your storks are back ! We don't don't have very many storks in the U.S. Some wood storks in Florida and a few other southern states, but their numbers are diminishing quite a bit; the storks you have in Europe are very pretty; our wood storks are rather......"homely"? by comparison.

@ cbc.......That is an exquisite image and I'm very glad you posted it; I was unaware they had made it; I'm at a loss for words to describe how appropriate it is. Thank you very much for sharing it with us.

@ Benji.......A very pretty sunset ! And your gull.......there are just so many different species of them, ( and they're often times so numerous in certain places, I imagine many of them have been referred to as "plain old North American sea gulls ! The problem with calling them "sea gulls" though is, they often "hang out" a thousand miles from the nearest "sea" ! (maybe we should start calling them "land-fill gulls" ?

@ Pierre......I'm thinking.......those may possibly be......"gargoyle gulls" ? ( or possibly "cathedral gulls" ? ) as that's where I think I may have seen them lurking.........

Gitzo

@donaldejose....... The Alfa i very pretty Donald, but I'm more drawn to the Cord; ( it was built about a 100 miles from here )

@ Msmoto.......Wow ! I sure hope you don't have a smoke detector on your D-4 Tommie ! (That bunch would set it off for sure ! )

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adamz

back to the photography subjects I love the most:

D800+N300/4+TC14 - handheld

proudgeek

Unreal Adam. A few more ducks.

D90 | 300 | f/5 | 1/320s | ISO 400

Msmoto

From 450 meters....



If you want to actually see it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/8647045141/sizes/o/in/photostream/

FYI, this is the Frank Kimmel Street Stock series which allows a very low budget racing, controlled speeds, 8 inch spec tires with a tread, yet these folks can compete on the big speedways. The huge Wicker-Bill keeps the speeds around 150 mph as these are usually short track drivers who are not used to competing at high speeds.

JJ_SO

Msmoto, you sound like your career after being a succesfull photographer was going to be a race-driver? @-)